#Opinion by Kay Lam 林忌｜"Because of the BBC’s international status, and because the “two systems” arrangement for Hong Kong is jeopardized, even the European Union, to which the UK no longer belongs, has also criticized the RTHK decision, saying it will further undermine the “one country, two systems” principle. On the whole, Beijing’s move has failed to deter its rivals but has actually drawn more doubts from the international community over China. The wolf warrior diplomacy is hurting China more and yet Beijing has been keen to practice it in recent years."

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"而由於 BBC 的國際地位，加上犧牲香港在兩制下的角色，因此就連原本已經和英國無關的歐盟，也直指這令香港的一國兩制「進一步受到損害」，不但無法阻嚇對手，反而令國際社會質疑中國的聲音更多，這種「戰狼外交」更傷害中國，近年中方卻樂此不疲。"
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Consumer Choice Center 嘅朋友發起 #defundWHO

//The World Health Organization (WHO) has been downplaying and covering up the dangers of COVID-19. Patients’ lives are lost because the WHO failed to detect, warn, and implement a suitable global response early enough for public health threats.

The overly politicized body has a history of failing patients. The shortcomings during the Ebola crisis six years ago did unfortunately not lead to an improvement of the WHO’s readiness. Our lives are too precious to be jeopardized by the behavior of apparatchiks cozying up with Communist China.

Already, many international leaders have begun to openly discuss the larger inefficiencies and issues of transparency and accountability that have plagued the World Health Organization in recent years.

But while the failures of the WHO have only recently gotten publicity, this has been a long time coming.

For years, the WHO has wielded its significant power and resources on misguided anti-vaping, obesity efforts while neglecting what should be its core priority: responding to global health crises and outbreaks.

It has been revealed that the WHO spends up to $200 million per year, or $28,500 per staffer, on travel costs alone, more than the budgets of combatting AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. Not to mention they've been known to host extravagant galas and conferences that do not further global public health.

We witnessed this during the Ebola epidemic in western Africa in 2013-14, where the WHO was too slow to respond and inadequate in health policies, and we're seeing it in realtime with COVID-19.

The WHO and its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have cozied up to the Chinese Communist Party since the beginning of the outbreak and praised their failures. Even as late as January 19th, the WHO parroted the Chinese Communist Party’s narrative that human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus was very unlikely. Furthermore, best practice advice from Taiwan, which has been smart and quick containing COVID19, has been continuously ignored in order to appease the Communist leaders in Beijing.

Now is the time to send a clear signal that the WHO needs to be transparent and accountable for its failures.

In 2017, Consumer Choice Center led the efforts in calling on the United States and member nations to cut funding to the WHO to realign their priorities toward health emergencies such as the very real pandemic we currently face.

The WHO has failed in its principal mission and it needs to be defunded. These funds should be used to establish a transparent and patient-centric global public health emergency response body.//

即使身處不同地方，總是會有辦法呼喊着同一樣的口號，在遠方支持香港。
#香港人 #連成一線

🏔🗼🏯🗽
6月9日海外支援集會列表（以當地時間為準）：
List of overseas solidarity rallies on June 9 (according to local times):

倫敦 LONDON
4 P.M. 中國大使館 Chinese Embassy
https://www.facebook.com/events/331085440899855/

多倫多 TORONTO
2 P.M. 香港經濟貿易辦事處 H.K.E.T.O.
https://www.facebook.com/events/445720306213886/

溫哥華 VANCOUVER
11 A.M. 中國領事館 Chinese Consulate
https://www.facebook.com/events/2307808026136781/

卡加利 CALGARY
3 P.M. 中國領事館 Chinese Consulate
https://www.facebook.com/events/2587015231525468/

紐約 NEW YORK
2 P.M. 時代廣場 Times Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/326237484695680/

三藩市 SAN FRANCISCO
3 P.M. 唐人街花園角 Chinatown Portsmouth Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/2471640139525017/

洛杉磯 LOS ANGELES
2 P.M. 格蘭德公園 Grand Park
https://www.facebook.com/events/677391609365623/

華盛頓 WASHINGTON, D.C.
2 P.M. 拉法耶特廣場 Lafayette Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/2259305920817453/

芝加哥 CHICAGO
2 P.M. 戴利中心 Richard J. Daley Center
https://www.facebook.com/events/662835137502169/

波士頓 BOSTON
2 P.M. 麻省議會大樓 Massachusetts State House
https://www.facebook.com/events/320408178854281/

柏林 BERLIN
12 P.M. 香港經濟貿易辦事處 H.K.E.T.O.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2398953190125907/

雪梨 SYDNEY
1 P.M. 新南威爾斯州立圖書館 State Library of New South Wales
https://www.facebook.com/events/818258488548572/

墨爾本 MELBOURNE
1 P.M. 維多利亞州立圖書館 State Library Victoria
https://www.facebook.com/events/349092735810058/

布里斯本 BRISBANE
1 P.M. 布里斯本廣場 Brisbane Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/371463940242384/

坎培拉 CANBERRA
11 A.M. 坎培拉中心 Canberra Centre
https://www.facebook.com/events/2355031837889881/

珀斯 PERTH
12 P.M. 耶根廣場 Yagan Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/2261375803955882/

東京 TOKYO
4 P.M. 香港經濟貿易辦事處 H.K.E.T.O.
https://www.facebook.com/events/852756788444563/

【🌏全球支援 #反送中 Global Solidarity Against Extradition to China 👣】

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🗺 來自英國、美國、加拿大、德國、澳洲、日本共17個城市的香港人將會在6月9日各自組織集會，響應香港的大遊行，共同向送中說不！

這次林鄭政府硬推逃犯條例修正案，除了嚴重威脅香港人的安全和自由，亦已升級至外交層面的問題，引發多國政府代表及跨黨派議員強烈反對。有見及此，香港眾志呼籲各方友好參與以下示威活動，繼續爭取國際社會支持，令香港永不孤軍作戰。

Hong Kongers from 17 cities in the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Germany, Australia and Japan will host rallies on June 9 simultaneously as the mass protest in Hong Kong against extradition to China! The Carrie Lam administration’s ongoing insistence to push forward the Fugitive Offenders Amendment Bill has not only seriously jeopardized Hong Kongers’ security and freedoms, but has also created a diplomatic crisis, prompting strong opposition from government representatives and lawmakers across the political aisle in numerous countries. As a result, Demosistō urges our friends to attend the events listed below to continue seeking international support. Hong Kong will never walk alone.

🏔🗼🏯🗽
6月9日海外支援集會列表（以當地時間為準）：
List of overseas solidarity rallies on June 9 (according to local times):

倫敦 LONDON
4 P.M. 中國大使館 Chinese Embassy
https://www.facebook.com/events/331085440899855/

多倫多 TORONTO
2 P.M. 香港經濟貿易辦事處 H.K.E.T.O.
https://www.facebook.com/events/445720306213886/

溫哥華 VANCOUVER
11 A.M. 中國領事館 Chinese Consulate
https://www.facebook.com/events/2307808026136781/

卡加利 CALGARY
3 P.M. 中國領事館 Chinese Consulate
https://www.facebook.com/events/2587015231525468/

紐約 NEW YORK
2 P.M. 時代廣場 Times Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/326237484695680/

三藩市 SAN FRANCISCO
3 P.M. 唐人街花園角 Chinatown Portsmouth Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/2471640139525017/

洛杉磯 LOS ANGELES
2 P.M. 格蘭德公園 Grand Park
https://www.facebook.com/events/677391609365623/

華盛頓 WASHINGTON, D.C.
2 P.M. 拉法耶特廣場 Lafayette Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/2259305920817453/

芝加哥 CHICAGO
2 P.M. 戴利中心 Richard J. Daley Center
https://www.facebook.com/events/662835137502169/

波士頓 BOSTON
2 P.M. 麻省議會大樓 Massachusetts State House
https://www.facebook.com/events/320408178854281/

柏林 BERLIN
12 P.M. 香港經濟貿易辦事處 H.K.E.T.O.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2398953190125907/

雪梨 SYDNEY
1 P.M. 新南威爾斯州立圖書館 State Library of New South Wales
https://www.facebook.com/events/818258488548572/

墨爾本 MELBOURNE
1 P.M. 維多利亞州立圖書館 State Library Victoria
https://www.facebook.com/events/349092735810058/

布里斯本 BRISBANE
1 P.M. 布里斯本廣場 Brisbane Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/371463940242384/

坎培拉 CANBERRA
11 A.M. 坎培拉中心 Canberra Centre
https://www.facebook.com/events/2355031837889881/

珀斯 PERTH
（8/6/2019）12 P.M. 耶根廣場 Yagan Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/2261375803955882/

東京 TOKYO
4 P.M. 香港經濟貿易辦事處 H.K.E.T.O.
https://www.facebook.com/events/852756788444563/